Editorial Reviews
Review
'In this important new volume, Gerry Simpson elegantly demonstrates the relationship between law and politics ... Simpson makes an important contribution to both fields ... this is an important work that takes our understanding of the politics and law of sovereignty to a new level. It neatly combines theoretical and historical analysis and provides a new set of concepts that are sure to become a key part of the lexicon of sovereignty in both international relations and international law.' Alex J. Bellamy, University of Queensland, International Affairs
'Simpson develops a credible and subtle explanation of the severe difficulties inherent in sovereign equality ...'. Political Science Quarterly
'Simpson's aim, to reclaim for legal discussion subjects often appropriated by the political sciences, is an important one. He presents his case with wit and flair, and much of the historical analysis would be of interest to the general reader as well as to international lawyers.' The Cambridge Law Journal
Book Description
From the Congress of Vienna to the "war on terrorism", the roles of "great powers and outlaw states" have had a major impact on international relations. Gerry Simpson describes the ways in which an international legal order based on "sovereign equality" has accommodated the great powers and regulated outlaw states since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Simpson also offers a way of understanding recent transformations in the global political order by recalling the lessons of the past--in particular, through the recent violent conflicts in Kosovo and Afghanistan.
Great Powers and Outlaw States : Unequal Sovereigns in the International Legal Order (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)
Great Powers and Outlaw States : Unequal Sovereigns in the International Legal Order (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law),Gerry Simpson,James Crawford,John Bell,Cambridge University Press,0521827612,Air & Space,Equality of states,Great powers,International,Law,Legal Reference / Law Profession,State-sponsored terrorism,International Law,Law / Air & Space
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